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Presentation given at the launch of the IFS Green Budget, 6 February 2013
In October last year, the government announced a significant change to its plan to localise Council Tax Benefit starting in April 2013. Why was such a significant change announced to a policy two years after it was first announced and less than six months before councils will have to implement it?
Contribution by Paul Johnson to Sunday Times article on how to kick-start the economy.
This article considers the phenomenon of income inequality.
In this pre-released Green Budget chapter, IFS researchers address 'Productivity Puzzles'.
In a new paper published today, IFS researchers address these Productivity Puzzles.
Paper given at the Cardiff Business School, Wednesday 30th January 2013
This paper suggests a method for estimating the distribution of discount rates using panel data on income and wealth. Using the English Longitudinal Survey of Ageing (ELSA), a representative sample of the English popularion over age 50, we general panel date on total consumption from the intertemporal budget constraint.
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